UPFRONT
SEIZING THE PADMAN
MOMENT PG 6
POV: SALMAN BASHIR
TALKS PEACE
PG 14
INSIDE
22
C OV E R S T O RY
How to
Rob a
Bank
Rs 11,400 crore
and counting: a
fraud allegedly
engineered by
diamantaire Nirav
Modi shocks the
nation and spells
Big Trouble for
PSU banks
RACHIT GOSWAMI
DEFENCE
40
LEISURE
HOME AWAY FROM
HOME PG 60
Q&A:
ANJU DODIYA
PG 70
CHINA
44
THE BEIJING
SUICIDES
Is it the mounting pressure within
the Communist Party that’s forcing
an increasing number of Chinese
officials to take their lives?
CINEMA
54
SHORT
IS SWEET
The short
film genre
has made a
comeback
and every
filmmaker
and actor
wants in on
the action
ALL GUNS
BLAZING
Successful field trials of
an indigenous howitzer
could give impetus to
the domestic military
hardware industry
Cover by NILANJAN DAS
Cover photograph by BANDEEP SINGH
Photo imaging by AMARJEET SINGH NAGI
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